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Industry

Housing Starts Jump 22 Percent in February on Strong Multi-family Activity
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Builder Confidence Unchanged in March
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KB Home Debuts New Line of Home Products at More Affordable Price Point
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NAHB, Large Builders Tangle Over Stance on Tax Issue
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Door Manufacturer Masonite Files for Bankruptcy
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AZEK Building Products, Archadeck Announce Partnership
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Florida Considers Its Own First Time Homebuyer Tax Break
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Massachusetts-Based Harvey Industries Changes Name to Harvey Building Products to Reflect Expanded Services
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Survey of Builders Indicates Home Technologies Have Helped Market Homes, Preserve Revenue
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View the Builder Magazine ''Top 10 Builders for 2008'' List
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Average Size of U.S. Home Falls to 2,343 Square Feet At End of 2008
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ANSI Approves Revised Standards for Particleboard and MDF
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American Hardware Manufacturers Assn. Invites Industry Pros to Join its Linkedin Networking Group
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Parent Company of Stock Building Supply Seeks to Sell Company, Exit U.S. Market
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GE Money Launches Consumer Financing Program With National Kitchen And Bath Association
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Weyerhaeuser Announces Wood Products Mill And Distribution Center Closures
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Grand Jury Indicts Former KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz for Stock Option Fraud
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Home Buyer Tax Credit Web Site Attracts More Than 840,000 Visitors
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Lumber Liquidators Earns $22.1 Million in 2008, Sales Up 19%
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Masco Contractor Services Agrees to Pay Laborers $8.5 Million to Settle Wage Lawsuit
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U.S. Green Building Council Names Senior VP of LEED
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Hovnanian Posts $178 Million Loss in First Quarter
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President/CEO of Lumbermens Merchandising Corp. to Retire
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Green Energy Radio Talk Show Debuts in Southern California
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See the 15 Best (and Worst) Real Estate Markets for 2009
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Trade

Southern Minnesota Home and Builders' Show
March 20-22, 2009, Mankato, MN

AWCI Annual Convention and Intex Expo
March 24-28 2009, Nashville, TN

Portland Renovation and Remodeling Show
March 27-29, 2009, Portland

AIA Adds 15 Economic Survival Sessions to National Convention
April 30-May 2, 2009, San Francisco

T. Boone Pickens to Speak at NAHB Green Conference
May 8-10, 2009, Dallas

Hamptons Home And Garden Show
June 5-7, 2009, Southamption, NY

Forest Products EXPO
June 11-13, 2009, New Orleans

DeckExpo 2009
October 27-30, 2009, Indianapolis

Product

Owens Corning Introduces Low Odor Roofing Asphalt

New Stone Texture Basement Window Wells Provide Beauty and Safety

ICC Releases New 2009 Residential Structured Cabling Catalog

Tile Redi Products Now Available on Home Depot Website

Maytag Recalls 1.6 Million Refrigerators Due to Fire Hazard

Mountain Ridge Hip and Ridge Accessory Adds Finishing Touch to Steep-Slope Roofs in North and South Central U.S.

Gorilla Glue Company Introduces Gorilla Epoxy

Hansgrohe Unveils Vintage-Style Rubbed Bronze Finish for Swing C Bath and Kitchen Series

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